SRI and Lexile Information
At the beginning and the end of the school year, students take a reading assessment call the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI). The SRI allows students to read short selected passages and answer multiple choice questions about what they have read. Students receive a lexile measure based on how many correct answers they have. The lexile measurement is shown as a number with an L after it.
The Lexile number is a range for students' reading. It helps students and teachers choose appropriately challenging books--in other words, not too easy and not too hard.
In general, for independent reading, students should try to read books that are from 50 Lexiles above to 100 Lexiles below their own Lexile measurement.
Most of the books in our classroom library have the Lexile number written on the back so that students can choose appropriate books. Once you know your Lexile number, you can click on Find A Book to find a book that matches your Lexile range and your interests. If you do not know your Lexile number, you can enter in your grade.
For much more information on Lexile numbers, you can go to www.lexile.com.